Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart taking 'Waiting for Godot' to Broadway

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will reprise their roles in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot on Broadway.

Producers confirmed on Thursday (January 24) that the X-Men actors will be directed by Sean Mathias when the production - which premiered in London four years ago - opens later in 2013.

Stewart and McKellen will also star opposite each other in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land this autumn. Further details, including the theatre, supporting actors and show dates, will be confirmed later this year.

McKellen is quoted as telling The AP: "My main feeling is it's lovely to be back with friends, and it will be lovely to be back in New York. But I've got an awful lot to do in the meantime."

Mathias added of their approach to the plays: "What we tried to do [during the 2009 London run of Waiting for Godot], with so much effort, was make it real. Make them human beings, compassionate, funny, flawed and vulnerable and cocky - all the things human beings are.

"We never wanted to make it esoteric. I'm sure this is how we will approach the Pinter as well."